Rockhounding in Bay County, FL: 24 USGS Mineral Sites (2026)

Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown

17 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 3 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

Unknown

Status not recorded.

Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Staurolite 1Kyanite 1Zircon 1Rutile 1Leucoxene 1Ilmenite 1Sand 1

Commodities

Sand 23Titanium-Heavy Minerals 1Zirconium 1

Sites

Site	Commodity	Minerals recorded	Status	Approx. location
Calvin's Heavy Equiptment, Inc. - Skunk Valley 2	Sand	Sand	Unknown	30.377, -85.669
Panama City-Phillips Inlet Placer	Titanium-Heavy Minerals	Staurolite, Kyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite	Occurrence	30.267, -86.000
Dmp Investments, Inc. - Cedar Bluff Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.360, -85.619
Gulf Asphalt	Sand	—	Producer	30.226, -85.581
Pitts Sd. & Gravel - Mowat	Sand	—	Producer	30.236, -85.591
Fla. Asphalt & Paving	Sand	—	Producer	30.171, -85.606
Sikes Concrete Co./Oliver Creek Mine	Sand	—	Producer	30.152, -85.492
Florida Asphalt and Paving - Bay Co. Pits	Sand	—	Producer	30.434, -85.667
Gulf Asphalt - Camp Flowers Rd. Pit	Sand	—	Producer	30.314, -85.507
Panhandle Sand & Clay, Inc. - Steelfield Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.355, -85.909
Jimmy Petty, Jr. - Petty Sand #1	Sand	—	Unknown	30.395, -85.698
Dmp Investments, Inc. - Skunk Valley Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.380, -85.681
American Sand & Excavation, Inc. - American Sand Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.392, -85.693
Baxter's Asphalt and Concreate, I - Panama City Beach Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.184, -85.799
Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Transmitter Road Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.224, -85.609
Cato Enterprises, Inc. - S.R. 77 Barrow Pit	Sand	—	Unknown	30.388, -85.690
City of Lynn Haven - Lynn Haven Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.388, -85.707
Leon's Borrow Pit - Leon's Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.389, -85.546
Bay-Walton Services, L. C. - Beaches Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.257, -85.941
Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Sr 20 Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.439, -85.682
Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Majette Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	30.237, -85.523
Richardson Enterprises, Inc. - Sand Hills Mine	Sand	—	Unknown	27.543, -80.476
Royal American Construction Co., - Royal American Pit 1	Sand	—	Unknown	30.438, -85.650
Gulf Asphalt Corporation - Highway 388	Sand	—	Producer	30.360, -85.640

Nearby counties

Washington County · Jackson County · Calhoun County · Gulf County · Liberty County

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

Updated October 2026

Rockhounding in Bay County, Florida